The Lookout Rancheria is a federal
Indian reservation
An Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a federally recognized Native American tribal nation whose government is accountable to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and not to the state government in which it ...
belonging to the
Pit River Tribe, a
federally recognized tribe
This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States of America. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United ...
of
indigenous people of California. The
ranchería is located in
Modoc County in northern
California.
[
Lookout Rancheria is large and was established in 1913.][ The rancheria is adjacent to the Shasta National Forest and located about halfway between ]Burney Burney may refer to:
__NOTOC__ Places
* Burney, California, United States, an unincorporated town and census-designated place
* Burney, Indiana, United States, an unincorporated community
* Burney Falls, a waterfall in California
* Burney (hill), ...
and Alturas in northeastern California. It is located about east of the small community of Lookout in southwestern Modoc County.
Education
The ranchería is served by the Big Valley Joint Unified School District.
See also
* Lookout, California
Notes
References
* Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. .
External links
Pit River Tribe
official website
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Pit River tribes
Modoc County, California
American Indian reservations in California
Native American tribes in California
Federally recognized tribes in the United States